Strategy was to survive and keep the tyres alive. Had an awesome battle with @Bluemoon for a while throughout the race. But tyres told me they could not hold on any longer and couldn’t keep fighting. Moon got around me quite convincingly. Surrendered 3rd to @T-GT_Racing, as I don’t want my 3 red tyres taking out a team mate and he needs the points to stay in touch of the top 3 for the championship. I will keep telling myself that. Also added here to thread to be place holder for video. After the challenges I had with last weeks one, don’t want to have vid posted after next weeks race
R6 Sprint Round (3x shorter races, reverse grid) Autodromo Lago Maggiore - 3 x 8 Laps - Preset Weather - S01 - Equal Conditions - Afternoon WELCOME to Season 9 for RaceOnOz GT7! Please take a couple minutes to read the following so you have an understanding of what is expected on race night. If you have any questions, or want clarification on any of the rules or regulations please ask! ROOM OPEN: Room captains may have practice rooms open beforehand but should have the official room up by 7:30pm AEST. Please be on time, or let the room captain or div thread know if you may be late. If all agree, the room may wait for you, Within reason. Please remember we have drivers from NZ, and later starts mean a much later night for them. SIGHT ISSUES: Before qualifying, exit to lobby and spend 30 seconds in spectate mode, scroll through the list of drivers on track and make sure that you can see their car. If you can't see somebody (and they are confirmed as being on track), exit the lobby, re-join, and check again. Type the number of cars you can see in the lobby chat and cross check with other drivers to ensure clarity. QUALIFYING : 8pm AEST for 10 mins. Feel free to run practice laps prior to qualifying, The host will trigger a 'Room Reset' closer to the commencement of Qualifying. PITS ARE OPEN DURING QUALIFYING RACE START TIME : 8:15pm AEST LAG ISSUES / ROOM RESTARTS: This is up to the room host/captains. If there is a Disconnection (or cars stuck on grid) at race start, it is sporting to try to get them back in, which may mean a new room to be set up. I would suggest only having 1 restart if required due to DSC, due to having to set up the room from scratch and also having to set timed laps in order to set the grid. Please be as reasonable as you can with this.... Race Start - Standing Start No Gimmicks this week, back to our good old standing start! TURN 1 LAP 1: The old saying goes, you can’t win the race on lap 1, but you can definitely lose it. Please be mindful of other drivers on lap 1 coming into turn 1, and for that matter, the entire race. It can be very demoralizing to hot lap on your own for 45 minutes as I'm sure many of you are aware. TRACK LIMITS: As we are running with 'track limit penalties" OFF, we will run with our usual Raceonoz track limit regulations. This means you MUST have at least 2 wheels on the ripple strip OR white line that defines the track limit. Track Limits protests may be launched by any active driver in the race. Track limits will be monitored at turns 4, 6, 7, 8 & 17 as well as generally around the entire circuit. Track limits will be defined as two wheels on the kerb, or white line, whichever is further out. CONTACT: Is to be avoided at all times..... If you make contact with someone and gain an advantage, YOU ARE EXPECTED to give the spot back. Occasionally, Gran Turismo track limits may teleport a disadvantaged driver backwards on circuit to ‘reset’ them, if this occurs at the hand of another driver, IT IS EXPECTED that the driver at fault will wait and redress the position. Side by side 'rubbing' is racing is allowed and promoted within reason, but all drivers are expected to give racing room. For clarity surrounding racing room, please feel free to PM @Viperzed Show each other RESPECT! It is difficult enough to drive the car at the limit on your own, without someone squeezing you within a millimeter of the grass. So be patient and show respect to your fellow drivers. If you are redressing contact, please do so out of the way of other cars, off the racing line, or if there isn't much room, off track. PIT ENTRY/EXIT LINES: Pit Line Penalties are ON so you will be penalised in game if you cut any part of the entry or exit lines. Be mindful entering the pits that you need to commit to entry not long after the final corner. You may receive a penalty for misjudging your line on entry. Be mindful not to impede other cars on your way in. On pit exit, cars exiting the lane are reminded to keep drivers left if there are any cars approaching, you will have to give them space. BLUE FLAGS: Please observe blue flags, and move out of the way of faster cars if you are being lapped. Failure to observe blue flags WILL result in a penalty STEWARDS GROUP AND RACE PROTESTS: This season, the Head Steward will be @Viperzed. If you have reason to protest, please SAVE YOUR REPLAY, and then let him know via a PM. DO NOT BLOW UP IN THE FORUM OR IN THE ROOM CHAT. There have been multiple incidents where the replays from drivers have been different, so its true that sometimes things are not as black and white as they may seem. You have until MIDNIGHT, Monday night to register your protest via PM. Stewards may ask for video evidence from both drivers or room captains to make any decision. SAVE YOUR REPLAY: If the room host can ask all drivers to save their replay would be good before exiting the room.....once they exit out and the option goes, it cant be retrieved! PARKING UP: If you are unable to continue to race, please enter the pits and leave your game paused without selecting tyres so that your car stays parked in the pits. Parking up off track activates yellow flags in the sector, and even though penalties are off, we have reports of penalties occurring for passes happening near the parked car. Quitting off track results in a sometimes race ending lag spike and may be punished in extreme scenarios. ATTENDANCE: Could all drivers please inform Room Captains or make a post on the division thread if they do not intend on racing on Sunday night, Room Captains/ Lobby Hosts are advised not to wait for anyone who has not communicated their intentions. If you do not post in your room thread or psn chat that you cannot attend, a spot may not be held for you for the following weeks race. TRACK SPECIFIC - Maggiore GP Maggiore has been one of the better original GT circuits in recent years, and should prove a challenging, yet exciting sprint round this weekend! We are returning to the standing start for this round only! I hope everyone is on their best behaviour into T1.
Mixed night for me, qualified 5th which I was happy with, first race went well with a second place but the reverse races didn't go well for me with a couple of mishaps which meant I dropped off the podium for the night.
@T-GT_Racing said it best. Let’s just rip the band aid off. Sprint rounds are a clambering mess of people climbing over each other with patience chucked out the window. Not suggesting but curious what an in game rolled by start would have been like on this track in this format. Both reverse grids just got first turn bottle neck clambering and carnage. Makes for good highlights but sets the tone for the rest of the race. However sprint rounds will always have comments from many people one way or another. Last season s round was favourable for me though can put it down to car and track favoured me. This season we’re are much closer in a faster machine. Little touch I did the @emmo46 ruined both our races where same in the sports car allowed for larger margin of error. By the third race I was over it. Enjoyment wavered. Felt like going from a tactical game of chess or cricket to a rugby rolling maul and think the aggression showed. Another couple together and we would have recessed into a state of origin game.
Not surprisingly I finally enjoyed a sprint round, not least due to this being a favourite track of mine. As we know with these aggregate points sprint rounds, finishing well in the first race is paramount. Having put it on poll I knew I had to get away cleanly and maintain a cracking pace to get the win. Then came the hard work of battling from the back. Managed to improve 5 places in race 2 to finish 6th. In race three, got a blinder of start from 6th to be up to equal 3rd before the turn 1 only to have that ruined by the chaos behind, to end up 2 places behind where I started. Got my head down and pace up to bring it home in 4th, with some advances made due to others' misfortune.
Pretty sure it starts mostly around the last turn, with the tail enders starting round the corner. However with the 11 of us last might we may well have all been on the straight by the race start.
Round 7: 07/07 (Art Car Round, 24hr Cycle) Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24h Layout - 21 Laps - Custom Weather - Late Morning 26x WELCOME to Season 9 for RaceOnOz GT7! Please take a couple minutes to read the following so you have an understanding of what is expected on race night. If you have any questions, or want clarification on any of the rules or regulations please ask! ROOM OPEN: Room captains may have practice rooms open beforehand but should have the official room up by 7:30pm AEST. Please be on time, or let the room captain or div thread know if you may be late. If all agree, the room may wait for you, Within reason. Please remember we have drivers from NZ, and later starts mean a much later night for them. SIGHT ISSUES: Before qualifying, exit to lobby and spend 30 seconds in spectate mode, scroll through the list of drivers on track and make sure that you can see their car. If you can't see somebody (and they are confirmed as being on track), exit the lobby, re-join, and check again. Type the number of cars you can see in the lobby chat and cross check with other drivers to ensure clarity. QUALIFYING : 8pm AEST for 10 mins. Feel free to run practice laps prior to qualifying, The host will trigger a 'Room Reset' closer to the commencement of Qualifying. PITS ARE OPEN DURING QUALIFYING RACE START TIME : 8:15pm AEST LAG ISSUES / ROOM RESTARTS: This is up to the room host/captains. If there is a Disconnection (or cars stuck on grid) at race start, it is sporting to try to get them back in, which may mean a new room to be set up. I would suggest only having 1 restart if required due to DSC, due to having to set up the room from scratch and also having to set timed laps in order to set the grid. Please be as reasonable as you can with this.... Race Start - Rolling Start For the first time EVER, we are trialling a manually operated double file rolling start in Sunday League. Below you'll find a quick run through on how this will work on the night. Drivers will set off from the grid in a sensible manner, beginning their formation lap. The speed of the polesitter during this lap is totally up to them, however exiting T17 (Blanchimont), the polesitter MUST hold 80kph (or similar) until the start zone and pull off to their desired side of the circuit as the field goes double file behind them. The field must not accelerate and brake erratically or weave after this point. It is reccomended for cars to maintain one car length to the row ahead, and to try and stay perfectly alligned with the car next to you (radar is perfect for this!). The field MUST be set by the start zone. The "start zone" is a theoretical set of lines between which the start of the race may occur, triggered by the polesitter accelerating to race speed. The first line is across the circuit at the finish line immediately exiting T19 on the main straight. At any point after this line has been crossed by the pole sitter, the race may begin. The second line is the start light gantry. If the polesitter reaches the gantry and hasn't yet elected to accelerate, the race will begin automatically. Any drivers who fail to obey starting procedure and hold up the lobby by accelerating away at the standing start will receive ONE WARNING over the season, after which they will be sent to the rear of the grid for each breach. Any major issues will require a restart of the race. The race starts will be under the jurisdiction of the Room Captain/s and only they may call for a Red Flag/Restart unless stated prior. TURN 1 LAP 1: The old saying goes, you can’t win the race on lap 1, but you can definitely lose it. Please be mindful of other drivers on lap 1 coming into turn 1, and for that matter, the entire race. It can be very demoralizing to hot lap on your own for 45 minutes as I'm sure many of you are aware. TRACK LIMITS: As we are running with 'track limit penalties" OFF, we will run with our usual Raceonoz track limit regulations. This means you MUST have at least 2 wheels on the ripple strip OR white line that defines the track limit. If you do make a mistake and have to run outside the limits, be aware that you are not allowed to gain any advantage, position or time wise. Track Limits protests may be launched by any active driver in the race. Track Limits will be monitored at turns 1, 4, 6, 9, 11 & 17 as well as generally around the entire circuit. Track limits will be defined as two wheels on the kerb, or white line, whichever is further out. CONTACT: Is to be avoided at all times..... If you make contact with someone and gain an advantage, YOU ARE EXPECTED to give the spot back. Occasionally, Gran Turismo track limits may teleport a disadvantaged driver backwards on circuit to ‘reset’ them, if this occurs at the hand of another driver, IT IS EXPECTED that the driver at fault will wait and redress the position. Side by side 'rubbing' is racing is allowed and promoted within reason, but all drivers are expected to give racing room. For clarity surrounding racing room, please feel free to PM @Viperzed Show each other RESPECT! It is difficult enough to drive the car at the limit on your own, without someone squeezing you within a millimeter of the grass. So be patient and show respect to your fellow drivers. If you are redressing contact, please do so out of the way of other cars, off the racing line, or if there isn't much room, off track. PIT ENTRY/EXIT LINES: Pit Line Penalties are ON so you will be penalised in game if you cut any part of the entry or exit lines. Be mindful entering the pits that you need to commit to entry in the final chicane. You may receive a penalty for misjudging your line on entry. Be mindful not to impede other cars on your way in. On pit exit, cars exiting the lane are reminded to keep drivers right if there are any cars approaching, you will have to give them space. Remember that pit exit spits you out above eau rouge! BLUE FLAGS: Please observe blue flags, and move out of the way of faster cars if you are being lapped. Failure to observe blue flags WILL result in a penalty STEWARDS GROUP AND RACE PROTESTS: This season, the Head Steward will be @Viperzed. If you have reason to protest, please SAVE YOUR REPLAY, and then let him know via a PM. DO NOT BLOW UP IN THE FORUM OR IN THE ROOM CHAT. There have been multiple incidents where the replays from drivers have been different, so its true that sometimes things are not as black and white as they may seem. You have until MIDNIGHT, Monday night to register your protest via PM. Stewards may ask for video evidence from both drivers or room captains to make any decision. SAVE YOUR REPLAY: If the room host can ask all drivers to save their replay would be good before exiting the room.....once they exit out and the option goes, it cant be retrieved! PARKING UP: If you are unable to continue to race, please enter the pits and leave your game paused without selecting tyres so that your car stays parked in the pits. Parking up off track activates yellow flags in the sector, and even though penalties are off, we have reports of penalties occurring for passes happening near the parked car. Quitting off track results in a sometimes race ending lag spike and may be punished in extreme scenarios. ATTENDANCE: Could all drivers please inform Room Captains or make a post on the division thread if they do not intend on racing on Sunday night, Room Captains/ Lobby Hosts are advised not to wait for anyone who has not communicated their intentions. If you do not post in your room thread or psn chat that you cannot attend, a spot may not be held for you for the following weeks race. TRACK SPECIFIC - Spa At long last our season comes to a close! This circuit should provide a mixed bag of challenges with its variable weather and 24hr time rotation during our art round! Please be mindful of how dark it gets and don't forget to give racing room! Use your radar when you can and make the night enjoyable for everybody! Rolling starts get their final chance tonight! I hope everyone has enjoyed them as much as I have, give them a good send off! If the Room Captains could also please include a rough time for the formation lap (the lap 1 time), that would assist in the Race Results.
Thanks all for a fantastic season, it was one of the most competetive and enjoyable seasons I have had. 5 different winners, 11 visitors to the podium, fabulous. I finally had a good race after a run of not so good ones since round 2, I qualified 3rd, and held that until I moved up to second during the rain. My main aim was to keep in the top three of the championship and was racing @T-GT_Racing , @Savage_Duck_75, @Anders and @Bluemoon who were in range if they won and I had another bad round. As it turned out @Bluemoon got between @T F Eccles and I so I grabbed 7 more points than eccles to reclaim 2nd in the points. I hope to be racing you all again next season, we are a very close bunch.
much more enjoyable race for me due to low degradation + the rain meant i didnt struggle so much in the strategy department. I did however throw the wets on as i missed the weather radar so wasnt sure how bad the rain would be and made a split second last minute decision to come in (noticed the rain at the half way through the bus stop + all those in front of me in the pits) but had to take the 3 second penalty. I was looking good for 5th but eventually Brtiz got me with his much fresher soft tyres as i was one of the first to go back to softs after the rain. I enjoyed the car this season but the tyre degradation on a controller was really not allowing me to compete in most races, hopefully the new July physics update can fix that for next season.
